PlantaeBy Isabelle B. Alyk K. and Perla H.

Requirements to be Plantae

MulticellularThick cell walls made of celluloseEukaryotic

Means you have a nucleus

Autotroph Makes its own food

Examples

Coniferophyta Conifers Gymnosperms; reproduce with seeds

produced in cones. Usually evergreen. Eg. Pine trees

Ginkgophyta

Ginkgo biloba Only species in a phylum, a tree often planted in urban environments. Gymnosperm; reproduces with seeds that hang from branches.

Eg. Ginkgo Trees

Ginkgo Tree

Examples Ctd.

Pterophyta Ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails Seedless

vascular plants. Most have fringed leaves Eg. Ferns

Bryophyta Mosses Nonvascular plants. Gametophyte

generation is a glasslike plant. Most live in moist environments

Eg. Sphagnum (peat) moss

Peat Moss Ferns

How are plants the most amazing living things to ever be living in

the History of the Entire Planet… Ever.

They produce oxygenThey are the only organisms that can make

food from sunlight.We eat them, and without Plantae we

would have nothing to consume. Even if we ate animals the animals would still

need to eat some type of plant before we got to them.

Q.E.D. Without plants we would all die.